American Newspaper Groups Collaborate on Press Circulation
A joint report notes cooperation among the American Newspaper Publishers Association and Associated Ohio Daily Press Association with the Bureau of Circulations and United Press, highlighting wire service participation and full leased telegraph reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Onis
Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio 4 Daily Press Association
The
United Press Associations
Counsel and Wisdom Sayings Poem Board Note
A brief civic minded note quotes Bacon and Proverbs on seeking counsel. The card highlights that good advice helps set business straight and emphasizes safety in numbers through many counsellors. No further events or persons are named.
Keep Them Busy at Play in Athens Summer Program
City playground supervisors urge parents to send children to the Athens City Playground for summer activities. They say over 300 youngsters can be cared for daily, enabling better programs, sports leagues, and structured, supervised play to keep kids busy and out of mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
City Park
Mill Street
East Union Street
Safe living urged as deaths from accidents rise
A public appeal notes 97,000 Americans died from accidents last year up 2,000 from 1928 with home accidents adding 23,100 deaths. The piece argues that many could have been prevented with greater safety and precaution to reduce the waste of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Safety first as Independence Day burns bright
A call for cautious celebration cites declining Fourth of July deaths but warns many accidents are still avoidable. The piece urges experienced adults to guard children around fireworks to protect health and future freedoms. It emphasizes preserving youth for long, strong lives as the nation marks its holiday.
Wings for Our Souls Merica Celebrates Byrd Return Hero
The United States marks Admiral Byrd and his Antarctic party returning home to cheers and flags. The piece honors explorers who endure isolation and danger, praising their bravery and vision that inspire national pride and renewed belief in adventure and discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merica
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
RIDING THE RAPIDS A BARREL STUNT DOES NOT Impress
The author notes the Niagara whirlpool barrel ride shows nerve but calls the stunt tiresome for a society already awash with freak champions. The piece concedes the rider had courage and risked his neck, and hopes he fares well without imitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagya
Jack Johnson Among Crowd At Harlem Fight
A vivid Row 45 vignette from June 28 in New York depicts Jack Johnson blending with racegoers as he moves through a smoky arena. An usher spots him. Johnson later exits unseen, amid murmurs of a low blow and a crowd unaware of the former heavyweight champ’s presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Mackily
Jack Johnson
Jack
Joe
Sharkey
Detroit
Gus
Wheat price fears loom for farmers on stalled harvest
Farmers fret over the price of wheat planted months ago as the winter crop remains uncertain. The article notes market anxiety and potential impacts on planting plans and farm income.
Prices Rally and Crop Storage Spark July Wheat Concerns
The piece notes combined government buying and storage may trigger July and September wheat price effects, with July prices near 1914 levels. It cites MR. LEGGE of the Federal Farm Board as reassuring but warns market forces speak louder, and mentions a new electron arrangement found by DR. COMPTON of Chicago University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Legge
Federal Farm Board
Sam
DR. Compton
Chicago University
Nation’s Population Count Ticks Up Around 122 Million
At the Census Bureau in Washington a giant speedometer measures population growth with a new figure every 23 seconds, as births, deaths, and migrations flash on a color coded map. The article notes a 1920 to 1980 decade shift, possible southern growth, and a pending announcement of the geographic population center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
William M. Steuart
United States
Ometer
Bureau of the Census
Whitehall
Indiana
Chattanooga
Tenn
Atom structure described as fluid electron arrangement
The passage argues that atoms are not a fixed solar system with electrons in fixed orbits. Electrons group within the atom variably, sometimes closer or farther, and occasionally emit energy akin to raindrops dispersing, linking to fertility in analogy.
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Earth
Electron Bizarre Scale Mention Sparks Thought
A reflection on the vast unseen world of electrons highlighting that countless tiny negative particles form all matter and that a billion such particles near the eye would go undetected. The passage invites contemplation of the unseen fabric of the universe.
Aviator Youth Demonstrates Natural Skill Across States
Harvard sophomore Charles Cary Rumeey, 20, flew from Hicksville Aviation Club to New London and back for luncheon, then to Rumson to watch a baseball game, after earlier trips to Washington and Philadelphia. His lineage includes F. H. Harriman and Dr. Walter Cary, noted for rail and coach service.
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Charles Cary Rumeey
Harvard
Hicksville Aviation Country Club
Long Island
New London
New Jersey College Women Split Over Marriage and Career
Freshman class votes 3 to 1 in favor of marriage while senior class after four years leans 3 to 1 toward a career. The campus debate centers on life choices for young women at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Jersey College For Women
Zukor Says Theaters Reach All Regions
Adolph Zukor, important moving picture man, spent the night at the White House and told President Hoover there is no cause for complaint in any part of the country. With 1 563 theaters he reaches small towns and big cities and says receipts reflect good conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Zukor
White House
Hoover
Fear of cancer drives late diagnosis warns medical society
The American Society for the Control of Cancer urges the public not to fear the word cancer or delay medical exams. They warn that avoiding doctors over suspected growths or soreness leads to unnecessary deaths, stressing that early detection often cures cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Presidents Elect From Latin America Visit Washington
The piece contrasts visits by presidents elect Ortiz Rubio Enrique Olaya and Julio Prestes with Herbert Hoover and notes Washington’s official attention to Prestes while crowds in Rio de Janeiro greeted Hoover with grand entertainment including a President Hoover Sweepstakes horse race.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Central
South America
Hoover
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Enrique Olaya
Colombia
Julio Prestes
Brazil
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
United States
New York
Lindbergh
France
Prestes
Army Band
Marines
Field Artillery
Hoovers
Rio de Janeiro
Facts and questions from a 1930s science quiz page
A compilation of trivia and Q A about the Indianapolis brick track admission speed 85 mph in 1930, Lindbergh drama in France, eyelashes regrowth, Southern California winter versus summer visitors, Nevin and Mighty Lak a Rose, the Ohio Idea, meteors and Earth's weight, inferiority complex, seventeen year locust size, longhand, Ford's English plant, Pan American Building phlox, age pension states, Hollywood Bowl acoustics, watermelons vitamins, magpie weights, Kamehameha I uniting Hawaii, and Washington stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Speedway
Lindbergh
France
Sacha Guitry
Paris
Southern
California
Nevin
Ohio
Democratic Party
Young
Henry Ford
T. R. W. A. Ford
Dageham
England
Pan American
Washington, D. C
Phlox
Territory
Alaska
New York
Colorado
Montana
Marysland
Kentucky
Nevada
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Minnesota
Utah
G. A. IL
Biggest summer school to open at Ohio University
The summer session at Ohio University is underway with 690 students registered by noon. Dean Robert Irving Fulton of Ohio Wesleyan University will perform Thursday in the auditorium courtesy of the university. Mrs. J. J. Patten of Circleville district is the guest of Mrs. R. A. for the Order of Eastern Star. Sam Tippett, guest of the Nelson family, left for Kimberly, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ohio
Robert Irving Fulton
Ohio Wesleyan University
J. J. Patten
Circleville
The
Order of Eastern Star
R. A. Types
Sam Tippett
Alex Nelson
Kimperly
West Virginia
Ohio University enrollment nears two thousand in summer term
Ten years ago the summer term enrollment of normal and arts college students at Ohio University reached nearly 2100. Major and Mrs. S. M. Johnson hosted Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Kerr and four daughters of Newport. Margaret Sprague and Frances Pickering visited the Lantz home in McArthur for the remainder of the week. Athens merchants organized a fund drive to finance a large reception for returning students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College and
Arts College
Ohio University
S. M. Johnson
Morrie Avenue
B. H. Kerr
Newport
Margaret Sprague
Frances Pickering
McArthur
He ‘F. W. Lantz
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Athens
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Glouster Logan
Pomeroy
Middlewort
Coolville
John Wallen Company
South Ave
Chicago
Fifth Ave
Detroitees
Rge
Mell
Bacon
Joe Wa
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
Mr. Mellon
Sumner
Reno County
Arkansas
Joe Sewell
Cleveland
Imdians
John Hix
Billy Evens
WeCture
Syndiate
Charlie Chaplin
Babe Ruth
Clara Bow
F. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Walter Cary
Buffalo
N. Y
Rodney Dutcher Messenger
James J. Montague
Rome
Mussolini
Spain
Newfoundland
Ederitfine Kinied
Free Information Bureau
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
A. C
Asbestoy
Hawaiian Islands
Kamehameha
George Washington
Retail Merchanta Organization
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